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["Adam D'Onofrio" <BIGADFROMLB@xxxxxxx>]

Today I visited Hog Island WMA and Sunken Meadow Pond both of which are
in Surry County.  The highlight bird of the day was a drake Eurasian
Wigeon found among the many waterfowl at Sunken Meadow Pond.  The bird
was not a classic adult male.  It showed the rufous head and buffy
forehead of a male but the body appeared to be in a molt, showing only
splotchy gray coloring.  I attempted to find photos of an immature male
on the internet but came up empty.  Other waterfowl at Sunken Meadow
included Tundra Swan, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser and
American Wigeon.  There were several Bald Eagles overhead.

At Hog Island, the Canada Goose flock was immense but the only other
goose I found among them was a single Snow Goose.  Highlights included
Tundra Swan, Northern Pintail, Brown Pelican, Great Egret, Green-winged
Teal, Red-breasted Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, American
Kestrel, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Pine
Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Field Sparrow.  Good
birding.

Adam D'Onofrio
Dinwiddie Co.

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